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Wet but not flat

Hello Friends,

RealSurf HQ totally socked in with rain this morning, so waited until I’d done the Manly run to post. Swell has come up significantly from yesterday’s flatness. And wind was light early if you didn’t mind the heavy grey and rainy skies.

Grabbed my first shot at South Steyne where a solitary optimist was paddling hopefully about but not looking like scoring anything for the forseeable.

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Manly’s keenest surfer?
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Only one surfer in the water at Curly. He was at the south end and had to be kind of patient. The good thing is that there were actually waist to chest plus wave faces to be had – unlike Manly.

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Sole occupant of Curl Curl scores one at south end
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Dee Why beach was, if anything, a bit bigger looking than south Curly. But it was also messier. You really needed to be keen. Wave faces were in the chest to shoulder plus range, but as the pic below shows, lumpy, messy shutdowns were the order of the day.

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That was exciting: DY beachy action
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Although it was pretty gutless looking, the point was the best surf option I saw. Only a couple of bods amongst it, and waves were more akin to beach break in terms of ride length, but at least they were sorta standing up for the take offs…

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Bomb set hits the point

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The MHL buoy was picking up close to 2 metres of 9-second south swell at 0600. Wind was south at around 10 kts, but is predicted to be 15-20 kts through the day. Low tide is at 0835 and high will be along at 1455.

Outlook is for the swell to peak today at close to the present mark and then to drop back a small amount tomorrow. The problem is that the wind forecast has it starting out southerly and then going east to SE but decreasing to around 10kts. Friday’s call is currently for smaller swell and more east to SE wind. So, not the best outlook in the short term, but maybe the early sessions will see lighter wind conditions…

I’ll be interested to see what the Goat thinks tomorrow, but from the shape of the forecasts, it would seem we’re in for some long period energy next week, but with steady onshores.

Don’t forget the big fundraising bash for Surfrider Foundation at the Diggers on the 19th for International Surfing Day. Going to be numerous past champions on hand, barefoot bowls, raffles, door prizes (new board anyone?) and Celibate Rifles will be playing their little hearts out too. A great cause and a great night, so hope to see you there!

Weather Situation
A weakening cold front over the central part of the NSW coast will move further north along the coast today with a southerly change associated, while a high south of the Bight extends a ridge over Victoria and southeastern NSW. The high will move slowly to the east to be centred over southeast NSW by Friday, then over the western Tasman Sea over the weekend.
Forecast for Wednesday until midnight
Winds
Southerly 15 to 20 knots.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2 metres inshore during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres, increasing to 1.5 to 2.5 metres during the morning.
Weather
Cloudy. 50% chance of showers during the morning and afternoon.
Thursday 11 June
Winds
Southerly 10 to 15 knots, reaching up to 20 knots inshore early in the morning. Winds turning east to southeasterly below 10 knots in the morning.
Seas
1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing to 1 metre during the morning.
Swell
Southerly 2 to 2.5 metres, decreasing to 1.5 metres by early evening.
Weather
Cloudy. 30% chance of a shower.
Friday 12 June
Winds
East to southeasterly about 10 knots.
Seas
Below 1 metre.
Swell
Southerly 1 to 1.5 metres.
Weather
Mostly sunny. 20% chance of a shower.